{"id":1995618,"date":"2025-09-03T22:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1995618"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:34:10","slug":"taylor-swift-travis-kelce-to-tie-the-knot-in-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-to-tie-the-knot-in-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift &#038; Travis Kelce to tie the knot in Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce could tie the knot in Rhode Island, a source tells Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>While some publications have said the pair are in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/31\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-and-fiance-travis-kelce-will-take-their-time-wedding-planning-report\/\">no rush to wed<\/a>, our insider tells us \u201cThey are getting married next summer in Rhode Island. She is in a hurry to have children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a wedding this high-profile can draw gripes from locals (see Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/protestors-push-jeff-bezos-dummy-into-venice-canal-amid-wedding-protests-11761640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Venice nuptials<\/a>), Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee is rooting for the pair choose his state for their nuptials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRhode Island has some of the best wedding venues in the world, just saying,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovDanMcKee\/status\/1960392936484413446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McKee said on a repost<\/a> of the couple\u2019s wedding announcement on social media last week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce could say \u201cI do\u201d in Rhode Island. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Swift owns a $17.5 million home in Watch Hill. <span class=\"credit\">Richard Beetham \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Swift\u2019s mansion in the town of Westerly\u2019s Watch Hill area is currently undergoing a $1.7 million renovation <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/14\/lifestyle\/taylor-swift-expanding-17-75m-rhode-island-mansion\/\">according to a building<\/a> permit obtained by the Providence Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Updates will include a new wing with a 16-by-24 feet bedroom and more bathrooms, and an update to the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Swift purchased the home in 2013 for $17.5 million, and it already includes 8 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and 5.23 acres with gardens and a swimming pool.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>It is unclear if the ceremony would take place at the estate. <span class=\"credit\">Richard Beetham \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The home is currently undergoing renovations. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Ryan Turgeon\/ \/Splash News\/Corbis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The manse became famous for Swift\u2019s star-studded Fourth of July parties. And last August, Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes were spotted at one of her pool bashes.<\/p>\n<p>Swift even immortalized the estate in her hit, \u201cThe Last Great American Dynasty,\u201d off the 2020 album \u201cFolklore.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The lyrics tell the tale of the mansion\u2019s former owner, Rebekah Harkness, the scandalous socialite who wed Standard Oil heir William Hale Harkness in 1947 and used to fill the pool with champagne.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Swift and Kelce announced their engagement last week with a social media post. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The images included an up close look at the ring. <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is unclear whether the wedding would take place at her home or a venue in the area.<\/p>\n<p>(In June, a so-called \u201cTaylor Swift Tax\u201d was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/02\/real-estate\/the-taylor-swift-tax-is-catching-on-in-other-states\/\">passed in the state<\/a>, charging non-primary residents $2.50 for every $500 of assessed property value above $1 million.)<\/p>\n<p>Page Six previously reported the couple <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/27\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-planning-a-private-casual-wedding\/\">plan to have a \u201cprivate\u201d ceremony<\/a> with family and close friends. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be more casual than people think,\u201d a source told us.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy-winning singer and the Super Bowl champ <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-engaged-after-2-years-of-dating\/\">announced their engagement<\/a> on Aug. 26 with a series of photos taken in his garden with the caption, \u201cYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kelce said he was \u201cgiddy\u201d and \u201cexcited\u201d about the engagement.  <span class=\"credit\">Taylor Swift \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The pair have been dating for two years. <span class=\"credit\">Travis Kelce\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the Sept. 3 episode Kelce\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/03\/celebrity-news\/giddy-travis-kelce-breaks-silence-on-taylor-swift-engagement-on-new-heights\/\">podcast<\/a>, his cohost brother Jason said, \u201cI cannot wait to hear more of the planning and everything that will take place. Travis, you\u2019re about to embark on the wedding planning phase of a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelce said he initially planned to propose on the water, but scrapped the idea to do something more Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would just say know your partner, know who you\u2019re doing it for and do it for the right reasons and everything else will be beautiful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce could tie the knot in Rhode Island, a source tells Page Six. While some publications have said the pair are in no rush to wed, our insider tells us \u201cThey are getting married next summer in Rhode Island. She is in a hurry to have children.\u201d While a wedding this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1995619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24188,48686,24003,307104,32845,346138,23084,190738],"class_list":["post-1995618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-engagements","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-weddings","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-rhode-island","tag-taylor-swift","tag-travis-kelce"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Taylor-Swift-Travis-Kelce-to-tie-the-knot-in.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}